bottlenose dolphin
noun
bot·tle·nose dolphin
ˈbä-tᵊl-ˌnōz- 
variants
or less commonly bottle-nosed dolphin
or bottlenose
: a relatively small chiefly gray toothed whale (Tursiops truncatus) of temperate to tropical waters that has a prominent beak and falcate dorsal fin, reaches a length of 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.6 meters), and is typically found in groups
also
: a related whale (T. aduncus) of waters of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean
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That’s according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, which was inspired by earlier work showing that bottlenose dolphins have signature whistles.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 10 June 2024
Some toothed whales sighted in northeast U.S. waters include pilot whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic white sided dolphins, harbor porpoise and sperm whales.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
On Hilton Head Island's beaches in South Carolina, for instance, guests can see loggerhead turtles hatch between May and October and spy wild Atlantic bottlenose dolphins frolicking in its coastal waters, which is much nicer than seeing them in captivity at a dolphinarium.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
The fiasco began on May 16 when witnesses called the Marine Mammal Stranding Center’s stranding hotline to report the bottlenose dolphin, according to a May 21 Facebook post.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Since then, the virus has infected a range of mammal species across the country, including mountain lions, black bears, polar bears, bottlenose dolphins, harbor seals, coyotes, red foxes, minks, otters, squirrels, raccoons and opossums.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
According to the results of the study, which tracked a pod of wild bottlenose dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea over the course of nine years, those bolder dolphins often had a greater role in spreading information to others.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2024
Since then, it's been found in a range of animals, including a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida in March 2022 and 29 house cats in Poland in June 2023.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Since then, the virus has propagated down through the Americas, killing tens of millions of birds and, perhaps more concerning, infecting dozens of mammalian species: bottlenose dolphins in Florida; sea lions in Peru; elephant seals on the islands near Antarctica.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 10 June 2024
Some toothed whales sighted in northeast U.S. waters include pilot whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic white sided dolphins, harbor porpoise and sperm whales.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
On Hilton Head Island's beaches in South Carolina, for instance, guests can see loggerhead turtles hatch between May and October and spy wild Atlantic bottlenose dolphins frolicking in its coastal waters, which is much nicer than seeing them in captivity at a dolphinarium.
—Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2023
The fiasco began on May 16 when witnesses called the Marine Mammal Stranding Center’s stranding hotline to report the bottlenose dolphin, according to a May 21 Facebook post.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Since then, the virus has infected a range of mammal species across the country, including mountain lions, black bears, polar bears, bottlenose dolphins, harbor seals, coyotes, red foxes, minks, otters, squirrels, raccoons and opossums.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
According to the results of the study, which tracked a pod of wild bottlenose dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea over the course of nine years, those bolder dolphins often had a greater role in spreading information to others.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2024
Since then, it's been found in a range of animals, including a bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Florida in March 2022 and 29 house cats in Poland in June 2023.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
Since then, the virus has propagated down through the Americas, killing tens of millions of birds and, perhaps more concerning, infecting dozens of mammalian species: bottlenose dolphins in Florida; sea lions in Peru; elephant seals on the islands near Antarctica.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
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